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Doon HANGER SUPPORT.

Patented Oct. 28, 1888.

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HENRY T. MOODY, CF NEWBURYPORT,VMASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR 'IO THE VICTORMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

UOORHHANGEH SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,635, dated October23, 1888.

Serial No. 249,076. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, HENRY T. MOODY, of Newburyport, in the county ofEssex and State of Massachusetts, a citizen of the United States, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Door-Hanger Supports, of whichthe following is afull, clear, and exactdesorip tion7 reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specication,

to in explaining its nature.

c The invention relates to means for supporting the rail or track of adoor-hanger; and its object is to provide a simple and cheap way ofjoining the ends of the rail or track together and for fastening themrigidly to the beam or other support.

It is very essentialfor the proper operation of the hanger that the railor track be straight, and where made of two or more pieces cr sec` 2otions that they be joined rigidly together and in such a manner as toprevent one getting out of line with the other.

In the drawings, Figure l is a view in plan of a door-hanger track andits supports having the features of my invention. Fig. 2 is a View inelevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a view of one of the brackets forsupporting the rail or track. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the end of onerail.

A represents the scantling, beam, to which the rail or track is secured.

B represents the rail or track. It is made of flat metal, preferably ofsteel, in two or more sections or parts, c a', the ends a? of whichabut. Tojoin these ends in a manner to keep them in line and also tosupport the track or rail, I use a bracket, C, preferably made of metal,by casting or striking up, and having the plane wide surface c, (seeFigs. 2 4o and 3,) and the long bolt hole or slot c, and also having theears c2, provided with bolt or screw holes c3, through which thefasteningscrews which secure the bracket to the support A extend. (SeeFigs. 1 and 2.) The 3o or strip 4 5 bracket C is placed so that the endso2 of the rail rest upon its plane surfacec and abut thereon, and theseends are secured to this section of the bracket by means of bolts 05 orany equivalent fastening, there being a bolt or screw hole, c6, in eachabutting end of the 5o rail-section through which afastening-bolt eX-tends into the slot c. This renders the section c of the bracket notonly a support for the rail but also a clamping or binding plate, inthat it serves to rigidlysecure together the two ends of therail-section in a way to keep them permanently in line.

rIhe bolts or fastenings c5 can extend through the slot c into the beamor support A. The bracket C may also be used with a single 6c screw forsupporting the railsection between its ends, as represented at D, Eig.2.

By making the bolt-hole c' elongated or enlarged it is not necessary tomake the railsections accurately, as the large holes permita certaindegree of variation in the relation of the joint to the plate c.

In lieu of the slot or long bolt-hole c the bracket may have twobolt-holes, and the slot or bolt-holes may extend crosswise the bracket7o instead of lengthwise, as represented in Fig. 3. This construction isdesirable when the bracket is used at a right angle to the rail insteadof on a line with it.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States- A door-hanger support consistingof the combination, with brackets C, having ears o2, provided with holesc3, and plane surfaces e, 8o provided with holes or slots 0, of a seriesof railsections, as a c', the abutted ends a2 of which are prpvided withholes c6 in alignment with each other, and the attaching-bolts o5passing through the said holes c c6, whereby the rail-sections arerigidly secured to the supporting-brackets in proper alignment witheachother, substantially as set forth` HENRY T. MOODY.

Witnesses:

F. F. RAYMOND, 2d, J. M. DOLAN.

